@thomasgrose.bsky.social
          
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          Semiretired American freelance journalist living in the UK. Was a regular contributor to Time (mainly European edition), U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Newsweek and several other publications. 
      
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      That just makes pants sound even dumber then if he hasn't taken the time to learn about his wifes faith
    
  
        
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      So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
    
        
        
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      and yet still, TODAY, Democrats in the Senate are voting in favor of Trump's judicial nominees
    
  
        
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      Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
    
        
        
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      We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration. 
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      The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
    
        
        
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      I can’t believe there are not one but two articles, in major papers, with this dumb framing. It is not NIMBY to express dismay when a big part of the White House is suddenly rubbled
    
        
        
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      NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
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          -- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
          The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
        
          
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      Construction workers involved in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House have signed non-disclosure agreements and are not permitted to speak to the press.
    
      
          Trump Gags White House Wrecking Crews as Backlash Mounts
          Construction workers at the White House have said they aren’t allowed to speak to press.
        
          
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      Listen: covert supply chain intervention concerns regarding implantation of listening devices in, say, new buildings in US military bases in Guam are considered really serious. And this is the WHITE HOUSE. Has there been vetting of vendors? Contractors and subcontractors? All labor? We don’t know!
    
        
      Isn’t the presidential bunker on that side? Because I can’t even imagine the potential CI issues
    
  
        
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